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...gleaming Cadillac appeared on the cliff-hanging road from Amalfi, shouts of "Presidentessa Kennedy" rocked the medieval clifftop town of Ravello, once a haunt of Europe's rich and noble but now a quieter resort of 2,500 population. Before long, vacationing Jacqueline Kennedy and Daughter Caroline were settled in Villa Sangro, the 11th century house rented by Sister Lee Radziwill, and then it was off to the beach. Jackie whizzed out into the choppy bay behind an Italian navy speedboat, holding Caroline on the water skis ahead of her. It was great sport for 100 yards-until mother...
Moscow was furious, the Finns were defiant, and the festival had all the makings of a serious international incident. Clearly it was up to nimble neutralist President Kekkonen (who has two cars in his garage, a Cadillac and a ZIS) to say he was sorry about the whole thing. Sternly he denounced the "irresponsible behavior of youth circles in the capital." Irresponsible or not, Finnish youth had revealed the ingrained anti-Russian bitterness that lies beneath the veneer of Finnish neutrality. It is a vivid memory that many of the delegates will be taking home with them when the festival...
Bilko to Baron. That career began during his U.S. Army service in the Philippines in World War II, when he supplemented his lieutenant's pay with some off-duty wheeling and dealing that enabled him to drive a Cadillac. After discharge, Lieut. Bilko decided to stay in the Philippines, where the living was easy. He made a nest egg selling Christmas cards, soon graduated to army surplus. When import restrictions went up on U.S. cigarettes, Stonehill began growing Virginia tobacco in the hills, became the Philippines' biggest cigarette baron. His own brand: Puppies...
...paper from the aisles and scold janitors when he finds dust in rest rooms. Sack likes to roam his lobbies, reminding women patrons that "this place is clean enough to bring your children to, right?" He has been known to step out of his $15,000, chauffeur-driven Cadillac in front of a Sack theater to hustle customers into the house like a sideshow barker...
...Truman, whose major campaign in office was to improve his state's mental health program by building more and better hospitals; and Emilie Chorn Blair, his wife. 58; both from accidental asphyxiation (carbon monoxide fumes sucked into the airconditioning system of their home from the garage where their Cadillac was parked, its engine running); in Jefferson City...